The Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is shown in this MLive file photo.

MUNISING TOWNSHIP, MI - An Upper Peninsula man died after falling 70 feet while collecting firewood near a waterfall at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

Franklin Sade, 24, was camping with another person near the top of Miners Falls when he fell early Monday, Nov. 11, National Park Service officials said in a news release. Sade lived in Norway, which is located in the Iron Mountain area of the Upper Peninsula.

Park Service Acting Chief Ranger Bill Smith said the terrain of the site is steep, and rocky surfaces were covered with ice at the time of the accident. There are no established campsites in the Miners Falls area, Smith said.

Rescuers used an extension ladder to reach Sade after the 2:30 a.m. incident. He died at Munising Memorial Hospital, officials said.

Alcohol may have been a factor in the accident, officials said. An autopsy will be conducted in Marquette, and the incident is under investigation.

Miners Falls is about 10 miles east of Munising.

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